In each of the following sentences, there is one underlined word. From the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word.
The test shows that the lumps are malignant.
- numerous
- cancerous
- dominant
-
benign
The correct answer is: D
Explanation
When something is malignant, it is harmful, malevolent, injurious. The antonym (opposite) of this is benign.
N.B: Malignant is also synonymous to cancerous.
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